Sectional ring for rod-packing.



. 0. W. G. KING. SEOTIONAL RING FOR ROD PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1913. 1,984,281 Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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APPLIGATION FILED JAN.16, 1913. 1,084,281

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IN VE N TOR WITNESSES 7 BY ATTOIQNEY Patented Jan. 13,1914.

UNITEDSTATES OFFICE.

CHARLES w. G. KING, or JPHILADE P IA PE sY vANIA', AssIc oR TO THE uNirEn 'STA'IES MErALLrcPAcKING co arAN'g-or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSY VANIA, A

ooRPoRA'rIo or PENNSYLVANIA- SECTIONAL RING- ron ROD-PACKING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed Iamiaryjl, 1913. Serial No. 742,366.

residing in the city and county of Philadolphin, in the; State of Pennsylvania,'h ave invented crtainnew and useful Improvements in Sectional Rings for Rod-Packings and other Purposes, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form'a part thereof.

My present invention relates to sectional rings, adapted for use as metallic rod pack ing rings, and for other purposes.

Theprimary object of my invention is to provide a .ringforrned of two sections each having arod engaging surface extending substantially more than half way around a rod on which the assembled ring fits, and each being separately movable laterally onto and off the rod; the sections being so formed, moreover, that after being put in place on longitudinally displaced portions of the rod, they may be moved along the rod into and out of a position in which they unite to form a eomplctering encircling the rod, and when so assembled int-o a complete ring interlock to mutually prevent the lateral displacement from the rod of either section.

In constructing my improved ring, I form each ring section with end surfaces which are screw surfaces intersecting the inner curved surface of the ring iii-helical lines which are in substantially diametrical opposition to one another. The screw surfaces .at the end of each section fit against the screw surfaces of the. other section in the assembled ring and the movement along the rod of one section relative to the other necessaryin assemblingor separating the ring sections isle screw motion aboutthe common axis ofjthering and rod, These screw sun- "ifaces-iinay be true helical surfaces of they same pitcher they may be varied somewhat 94ecilitate the assembly and taking apart of therefrom. as hereinafter explained, to fa {the ring. I,

-u-Each pair of mating surfaces may be so shaped that one, which maybe regarded as a which may be regardedfas a male screw surnee. In' this case, the screw surfaces in which the'opposite ends of one ,ring section ,tcie iinatemay both be male screw surfaces,

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femalescrew surface, overlies the other,

and the ends of .the other section will then both terminate in female screw surfaces. In general, however, I prefer the ring sections to be counter parts of one another, except when the end surfaces are modified as hereinafter explained. For some purposes, and especially where'the ring is to serve as a soft metal rod packing ring, Iprefer that the Y ating surfaces shall overlap, although this isnot essential for the interlocking of the ring sections. On the contrary, the ring sections will interlock even though the mating surfaces are so formed that a perpendicular from the axis of the ring to any point along the inner margins of the joints between the assembled ring sections will pass between the two sectionswithout intersecting either. The rod engaging surface of each ring section constructed in accordance with my present invention; will always extend substantially more than 180 degrees about the axis of the rod, but the arc of con-' tact in any one plane transverseto the axis Patented Jan.13, 1914.

of the ring may and should be exactly or approximately 180 degrees.

The various features of novelty which characterize my invention are pointed out' with particularity 'in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention, however, and of the advantages possessed by it, reference should be had to the .accom-' panying drawings and descriptive matter in which I have illustrated and described'forms in which my invention may be embodied.

' Of the drawings: Figure 1- is an end ele-' vation of one form of rod packing ring constructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ring shown in Fig. 1, partly in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a rod with the parts of ,the ring shown in Figs. 1 and 2 partially screwed together thereon. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of one section of the ring shownv in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the ring section shown in Fig. 4 with the rod with which it is to be used shown in dotted lines in the position relative to the ring occupied by it at an intermediate stage in the operatidn of putting the ring'seetion and rod together. Figs. 6,7 and'S are views takensimilarly to Fig. 1 showing rings having mating surfaces of different shapes. Fig. 9

50 viewed from the convex side of the ring secto facilitate the assembly and taking apart of the ring sections; and Fig. 14: 1s a sec-.

tion through a partially assembled ring of the character shown in Fig. 13, the section being taken similarly to Fig. 12.

In the drawings, and referring first to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, A represents one, and'B the second, of the two sections of a rod packing ring adapted to fit about a rod G. As shown, the two sections A and B are identical in form. The section A terminates at one end in a convex helical or male screw surface A and at the other end in a concave helical or female screw surface A and the ring section B terminates in helical surfaces B and B generally similar, respectively, to the surfaces A and A In the assembled rin the surfaces A and B and B and A t against one another. [As the mating surfaces are screw surfaces, it is obvious that the two sections after being put in place on longitudinal displaced portions of the rod C, may be moved together by giving one a screw motion relative to the other about the axis of therodh Furthermore, each section may be separately moved laterally onto and off the rod on which it fits. To accomplish this the ring section must be given a compound movement relative to the rod comprising an angular component about an axis radial to the rod and passing approximately through the center of the ring section, and a component parallel to said axis. When the mating surfaces are left hand screw surfaces, as in the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the angular movement in putting each section on the rod is clockwise, as

tion. When the mating surfaces are right hand screw surfaces, the angular movement given each ring section iii putting it in place is counter clockwise, as viewed from the convexside of the ring section. As seen in Fig. 5, therefore, the rod C must be turned in aclockwise direction as it is moved into place in the ring section A beneath it. The axial length of a ring section which ma thus be moved 1 rally onto a rod on which it. fits will increa' as the pitch of the screw surfaces at the ends of the section is made coarser, but with any practical pitch a limit" to the maximum limit in axial length of the ring is soon reached; although, with such rod and ring diameters and screw surface pitch as are shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the axial length of the ring might be more than twiceas great as shown without interfering with the lateral movement of each ring section on and oil the rod.

Since the lateral displacement of the ring sections when assembled about a rod on whichthe ring fits involves a twisting of the two sections in opposite directions above a common axis, it is apparent that the sections will interlock to prevent this twisting, re-

gardless of the exact shape of the mating end surfaces of the sections provided only that these surfaces are screw surfaces. For

example, the mating screw surfaces of the A the hug of the concave screw surfaces overthe convex screw surfaces of such a construction as is shown in Figs. 1 to 5, insures a firmer interlock than is obtainable under the same conditions with'such a construction as is shown in Fig. 8, for instance.

Those familiar with the use of metallic rod packings will understand that a main advantage in the use of a packing ring formed of interlocking segments is the ease with which such ring can be initially assembled in the stufiing box in which it is used, and the interlocking for this purpose would ordinarily be sufficiently good with an v.of the forms of mating screw surfaces referred to. I consider theoverlapping concave female and convex male screw surface construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 especially desirable in the case of soft metal packing rings, however, because of the capacity of this construction to maintain tight joints and the proper relative arrangement of the ring sections as the latter wear away and become distorted in use. 7

"When the mating screw surfaces are true "helical surfaces of the same pitch, it will be apparent that in screwing the ring sections together and apart there may be considerable friction, when the parts fit snugly, owing to the large area of the contacting screw surfaces. To reduce or entirely do away with this frictional resistance, the mating surfaces may. be distorted somewhat from 'true helical surfaces of the same pitch, as indicated in Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive, and in Figs. 13 and l l. In the-ring shown in Figs. 9 to--12, the'joints between the assembled ring sections AA and BA terminate at the inner curved wall of the ring in diametrically opposed and truly helical lines E and E. The outer edges G and G of the joints tively which in ,icates the intersection with the periphery of the ring of truly helical surfaces'intersecting the lines E and E and also coinciding with the actual joints at'the untapered end of the ring. The portions H and H of the ring section BA which lie above the truly helical surfaces intersecting the ring along the lines E and F and E and F are wedge shaped, increasing in thickness with the distance from the inner curved wall of the ring and also with the distance from the untapered end of the ring. With this arrangement the mating distorted screw surfaces A and B and A and B of the two rirg sections will not be in cont-act when the ring is partially assembled as shown in F'gs. 11 and 12, except along the lines E and E", though when the ring is completely assembled'as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the surfaces A and B and Al and 13 wedge snugly together.

"With the arrangements 'shownin Figs. 9 to 12, the two sections of each ring are not exact counterparts of one another and the ring sections can only be screwed together i in one direction and taken apart in the re-.

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verse direction. It is apparent, however, that the rod engaging surfaces of the two ring sections shown in Figs. 9 to 12 are identical in shape.

In the modification shown in Figs 13 and 14, the ring joint of which the lines E" and F represent the margins is truly helical, and the dotted lines E and F represent the margins of a corresponding helical surface at the other side of the ring. -The last men} tioncd surfaceis separated from the joint surface a, f, at the front side of the ring by the portion-h, which'may be regarded as added to the ring section BB. 'Theportion it increases in thickness with the distance from the right hand ofthe ring as seen'in Fig. 13, but may at the inner curved surface of the ring as at the periphery of the ring. The joint surface 6 f may or may not be truly helical, but if truly helical is of .lifferent pitch from the surface E F. as is clearly shown by Fig. 14, the screw surfaces A and A of thering section A need-not contact at any poi ing surfaces B and B respecth elyoflhe ring section 13-13 in the assembly of the ring, though when the ring iscompletcly assembled the mating surfaces fit snugly together. The rod engaging surfaces of the two ring sections [U3 and lll case and it is thcorct movc the larger section oil a rod. on which the ring fits without 9, ring section or rod. Practically, the fact of an internal diameter slightly greater than that of'thc rod-coupled with the somewhat yielding character of the metal employed ically impossible to BB laterally on or be of the same thickness.

Vith this arrangement t with the matl are not identical in this dis- obtained by modifying fboth and each section that the ring is ordinarlly section being of sli in packing rings, makes it possible to move packing ring segments formed in this man-' ner on and off the rod to be packed. It s obvious of course that the clearance between the mating ends of the ring sections when partially assembledcharacteristic of the conj struction shown in Figs. 13' and 14 maybe ends of each ring section. Furthermore, to obtain a clearance of'this character, the modification of the screw ends of the ring sections may he carried out insuch manner that the arc of engagement with the rod of one end of each of the two ring sections will be in excess of 180 degrees. In this case the excess for each ring section necessary for a given clearance will be less than in the larger ring when the excess is wholly confined to one ring section as shown in Figs. 13 and 14.

Whilein accordance with the provisions of the statutes, I have illustrated and de-, scribedthe best forms of myinv'ention now knownto me, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the form of the apparatus disclosed without departing from the spirit of my inven- -t10n, and that under some conditions certain features of my invention maybe used with out a corresponding use of other features.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is:

1. A ring composed of sections having .mat ing screw end surfaces whereby the sections may be screwed together and apart on a rod on which the assembled ring fits. I

2. A ring composed of two sections hav; ing mating screw end surfaces whereby the. scctions may be screwed together and apart ona rod on which the assembled ring fits, having the inner margins of its two screw endsurfaces terminating inhelical and spbstantially diametrically opposed lines t Y 3. A .ring composed of sections having mating screw end surfaces whereby the sections may be screwed together and apart on a rod on which the assembled ring fits, the 'screwsurfaces at the opposite ends of each section being varied slightly from truly helical surfaces of the same pitch to provide clearance between the sections in ae'eseml'iling the ring.- '7

4.-. A ring composed of sections having mating screw end surfaces whereby the sections may be'screwed together and apart on a rod on which the assembled-ring fits, the screw surfaces at the opposite ends of each ghtly different pitch whereby clearance between the sections in assembling the ring is provided.

5. A sectionalmetallic rod packing ring composed of-htosections cach adapted to be moved lhterally off which the ring fits,

and onto a rod about and each having matingscrew end surfaces intersecting the inner curved wall of the ring at an acnte angle,

curved Wall of the ring at an acute angle. one screw surface at each joint being con- 6. A sectional metallic rod packing ring cave and the other convex. composed of two sections each adapted to be i CHARLES W. G. KING. 5 moved laterally OE and onto a rod about Witnesses: I

which the ring fits, and each having mating ARNOLD KA'rz', screw end surfaces intersecting the inner v D. STEWART.

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